Reserve Right To Retaliate, Says Indian Commander After 2 Die In Pak Fire

[Zarvan]

Incidents of ceasefire violation by Pakistan have gone up in recent weeks.


SRINAGAR: India on Monday said it reserved the right to respond "appropriately" to Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) after an 8-year-old girl and a soldier were killed in Jammu and Kashmir in heavy shelling by Pakistani forces.

The latest in a series of Pakistani border aggression came even as two senior military commanders of the two countries held talks over repeated exchanges of fire along the LoC .


The girl, who was hit by a Pakistani shell, was identified as Saida of Balakote in Poonch district. The soldier was killed in Rajouri district's Tarkundi area.

Defence Ministry spokesman Lt. Col. Manish Mehta said the firing along the LoC was still going on after Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked shelling at Bhimber Gali, Mendhar and Balakote sectors of Poonch and Rajouri districts.

The Indian Army retaliated "strongly and effectively", Lt. Col. Mehta said.

As the firing was on, the Directors General of Military Operation (DGMO) of India and Pakistan spoke over hotlines to deescalate the border tension. The DGMOs usually speak on Tuesdays but Monday's was an unscheduled conversation on Pakistan's request.



The Indian DGMO, Lt. General AK Bhatt, pointed out that "all the ceasefire violations" were being initiated by the Pakistan Army, according to an Indian Army statement.

The DGMO also noted that firing by Indian troops was initiated against armed intruders trying to sneak into India "from close proximity of Pakistan posts".

"The trend of infiltration along the LoC continued with active support of Pakistan forward posts impacting peace and tranquility along the LoC and also the internal security situation."

He said continued attempts of sniping and targeting of Indian troops were "undertaken through cross border actions supported by Pakistani Army troops.

"The Indian Army reserves the right to retaliate appropriately to any incident of violation of ceasefire but is sincere in its effort to maintain peace provided there was reciprocity," the statement added.

Two Indian soldiers were killed in Kupwara sector of the Kashmir Valley on July 12.

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[Zarvan]

 

[Rollno21]

RIP, your sacrifice will be avenged

 

[Zarvan]

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[neem456]

So 8 year old kashmiri girl is killed in the valley ?
Where are the people here who shed tears for kashmiris ?
Or is it fine to get killed by pakistani bullets ?

 

[SrNair]

You will get return with compound interest.
RIP brave soldier

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

that's what Pakistan army is practicing. right to avenge our 4 shaheeds.
and the question is Indian soldiers died inside a bunker when a mirror hit it. only 1 soldier inside a bunker??? strange or some lies ???

that's what Pakistan army is practicing. right to avenge our 4 shaheeds.
and the question is Indian soldiers died inside a bunker when a mortor hit it. only 1 soldier inside a bunker??? strange or some lies ???

 

[Icarus]

So 8 year old kashmiri girl is killed in the valley ?
Where are the people here who shed tears for kashmiris ?
Or is it fine to get killed by pakistani bullets ?

Shells don't discriminate unfortunately. You should know better than anyone since your side rakes up nearly four times as many civilian casualties as actual soldiers.

A retaliatory action was due after your forces killed four of our men yesterday. Its a pity but that's how things are.

As much as you get used to death, it never really becomes "normal", it remains something highly taboo. I am saddened by the loss of life on both sides of the border, the men you killed yesterday and the man we killed today had nothing to do with the greater politics being played in the region but they paid for it with their blood regardless. Hopefully sense can prevail and this senseless violence can stop.

 

[Kedardel]

Very bad approach Indian Army should create Five Km no post zone across LOC. Anything above ground should be targetted.

 

[Stephen Cohen]

Shells don't discriminate unfortunately. You should know better than anyone since your side rakes up nearly four times as many civilian casualties as actual soldiers.

A retaliatory action was due after your forces killed four of our men yesterday. Its a pity but that's how things are.

As much as you get used to death, it never really becomes "normal", it remains something highly taboo. I am saddened by the loss of life on both sides of the border, the men you killed yesterday and the man we killed today had nothing to do with the greater politics being played in the region but they paid for it with their blood regardless. Hopefully sense can prevail and this senseless violence can stop.

India will not back down
This will only get worse

Five more injured along LoC as Army issues stern warning to India over July 16 attack

 

[Icarus]

India will not back down
This will only get worse

Five more injured along LoC as Army issues stern warning to India over July 16 attack

Good for you....don't quote me with your hyper-jingoistic one liners when you haven't performed a day of service in your life.

Very bad approach Indian Army should create Five Km no post zone across LOC. Anything above ground should be targetted.

It is evident from your post about how terribly ill-informed you are about the topographic realities of the region that you seem to be speaking on with such authority.

 

[Pomegranate]

India will not back down
This will only get worse

Five more injured along LoC as Army issues stern warning to India over July 16 attack

You think only you have the power to respond, and stop crying pakistan army is the best army when it comes to situations like these we have fought war on terror we have enough experience. on the other hand leadership of your army is sitting in air conditioned rooms

Pakistan will Always remember its losses.

 

[ashok321]

Indian, Pakistan DGMOs talk over LoC firings

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NEW DELHI: The Directors General of Military Operation of India and Pakistan held talks on Monday over the repeated exchange of fire along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, during which the Indian side pointed out that all the ceasefire violations were being initiated by the Pakistan Army.

The Indian DGMO highlighted that "all ceasefire violations were initiated by the Pakistan Army and the Indian Army only responded appropriately," an army statement said.

The Indian officer also put across emphatically that the "trend of infiltration along the LoC continued with the active support of Pakistan forward posts."

 

[Pomegranate]

The problem is your soldier are impregnable. Bullet just pass through and they sway. Have you seen matrix. Something like that.

Oh and yes India surely discount the head count.

Feed your army well ,

You cannot fight a war with empty stomach .

 

[SarthakGanguly]

Shells don't discriminate.

Om shanti to Ahmed and the 8 year old girl.

Hope appropriate payment is done to deter future attacks.